Monumental Meissen Art Déco vase with coral red toucan decoration Ovoid body on a round base with a stepped, conically widening neck and flaring mouth rim. The front of the wall with a large depiction of a toucan sitting on a branch between large palm leaves and rising plants, surrounded by butterflies, beetles and gold stars. A bouquet of plants with a flying exotic bird and butterfly on the reverse. Foot and mouth with surrounding latticework border. Coral red camaieu painting accentuated in yellow, brown and a little blue. Gold contouring. Mould designed by Paul Börner, 1927. model no. L 202. year mark. Centreboard mark. H. 66 cm. Cf. Lechelt, Manufaktur und Manufakturkünstler. Über das porzellankünstlerische Schaffen von Emil Paul Börner (1888-1970) (diss.), Hamburg, 2012, catalogue part C, nos. 50, 74, 82, 98. A monumental Art Deco porcelain vase with exotic toucan decor painted in coral red. Date mark. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1951.